had a "duh" moment

[jwalterus]

just a reminder as it's getting colder

don't assume it's your glowplugs, check the controller is putting out power........



needless to say, my truck (which had already been converted to manual gps) now has a nice constant duty rated solenoid (spare for one of my plow trucks) instead of a regular gp controller, along with a brand new set of berus that apparently weren't needed...

 

[redneckaggie]

pretty easy to test them, why not take that step first?

 

[jwalterus]

tested 1, it was bad and the set was 2 years old, I hate working on the truck outside in winter, so if one is bad, they all get changed

 

[bigoilburner20]

just a reminder as it's getting colder

don't assume it's your glowplugs, check the controller is putting out power........



needless to say, my truck (which had already been converted to manual gps) now has a nice constant duty rated solenoid (spare for one of my plow trucks) instead of a regular gp controller, along with a brand new set of berus that apparently weren't needed...

so where do you get the constant duty controller??

 

[bigoilburner20]

i mean solenoid my bad

 

[jwalterus]

Napa Echlin ST85

go figure, punched in ST85 on napaonline and it shows it as 3 listings, 2 as a starter solenoid, one as a gp rely

 

[typ4]

I would carry a spare, we have had those st85 last as little as 2 hours. guess where they are now made.
We have switched to cole hersee and have had zero issues.
24059 for low amp
24059-08 for higher amps

 

[jwalterus]

guess where they are now made.

Chinkistan????

I have a few spares, bought a box of 20 a few years back, normally keep 2 in each plow truck and I already threw one in the back seat

 

[bigoilburner20]

so does it matter about the low and high amp??